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Otto Klemperer conducts Beethoven Fidelio
Uniform Title
Fidelio (1814)
Title
Otto Klemperer conducts Beethoven [sound recording] : Fidelio.
Published
[Bromley, England] : Testament, p2003.
Physical Description
2 sound discs (130 min + 14:17) : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Opera in 2 acts.
Libretto by Joseph Ferdinand Sonnleithner & Georg Friedrich Treitschke, based on Jean Nicolas Bouilly's Léonore.
Compact discs.
Program notes by Otto Klemperer, Ernest Bloch, Mike Ashman & Alan Blyth, & synopsis, in English, German & French (Notes 1), & libretto with English translation (Notes 2) laid in container.
Recorded from the live performance of Feb. 24, 1961 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
Sung in German.
Variant and related titles
Fidelio
Format
Audio
Language
German
Added to Catalog
May 05, 2006
Cast
Sena Jurinac ; Elsie Morison ; Jon Vickers ; John Dobson ; Hans Hotte ; Gottlob Frick ; other soloists ; Covent Garden Opera Chorus & Orchestra ; Otto Klemperer, conductor.
Partial contents
The Leonore Overture no. 3 (14:17) is performed before the finale.
Issue number
SBT2 1328 Testament
Subjects
Also listed under
Royal Opera House (London, England)
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